Collar.



H. F. HURD & s. T. WRIGHT.

GOLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-3|, 1M6- Patnted Dec.10, 1918.

UNITED sTA r 's PATENT orrrou.

UBB'ABi) r. HUBD AND summon r. WRIGHT, or TROY, NEW YORK, .essrenorts TCLUETT, PEABODY 8: COMPANY, INC., 013 TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OFNEW YORK.

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1 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, HUBBARD F. Hum) and SHELDON T. WRIGHT, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Troy, 1n thecounty of Rensselaer andState of New 'York, have invented newand useful Improvements in Collars,of which the follow ing is a specification.

. This invention relates to turn-over collars,

and particularly to collars of the type known as soft collars intended.to be worn unstiifened, and characterized by an interior neckband andan exterior out-turned fold or top.

.Such collars-have heretofore been formed with a sewed button upon theouter side of the neckband, to take into a button-hole on theturned-over top, so as to fastenthe top in place over the necktie. Suchprior structures have the defect of being difli'cult to the sewedbuttons in laundrying. When a button is broken the collar is practicallyuseless until another has been sewed on it. i

' This invention obviates the above defectsin the collars of the priorart by providing for the use of a button or buttons wholly detached fromthe fabric structure of the collar itself, and adapted by the structurehereinafter described to replace in efiect the sewed button and topresent an improved appearance of the collar when it is in use.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figurel is an amembled perspective view ofthe collar;

Fig. 2 isan enlarged section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; p

Fig. 3 is an enlar ed perspective view 0 one. of the detacha 1ebuttons;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line of 4.4: of Fig. 1'illustrating-one" form button; v

Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 1 illustrating the use of a pair ofconnected buttons;

Fig. 6 is a plan of a detail of the assembled collar shown in Fig. 5;and Fig. 7 is an elevation of a connected pair of buttons.

The collar comprises. a neckband 1, which may be constructed as. usualof multi-ply. fabric. This neckband preferably includes 'internalstiffening members or reinforcements 2, which aid in keeping the bandup- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 10, 1918. Applicationfiled August 31, 1916. Serial Ko.: 1 17,953 1 i I right, the collarbeing. unstarched. These stiffening members may be distributed atthe-back of the collar as desired, for instance as shown, on eithersideofthe central buttonhole Land at the'front of the collar near each.end... One end of the band Inlay terminate 'inthe usuallocking tab.5,and both ends thereof may be provided as usual with buttonhole 6, forattachment to the neckband and collar-button of the shirt with which thecollar is worn. I

,The top or outer flap 7 of the collar, of

any desired outline, may be formed as a two-- ply or multi-ply sectionsewed-together in the usual manner, and, attached to the neckband 1 inany desired-manner.

The top. 7 is provided with preferably elongate button-holes 8, which,are prefer ably inclined at a substantiaban le'to the up er folded edge9 of the top} n the'band l, and inclined at an opposite angle ortransversely to the buttonholes 8, similar buttonholes 10 are providedin or near the'neighborhood of, or passing through the substance of thestiffening reinforcements 2. The buttonholes 10 may be of the samedimensions a buttonholesj- 8, and whe nthe tonholes -8' an I stantiallyat their-middle parts, which relation is aided by theupper edge of thestifi' ener 2 acting'to determine theplace and di rection of the foldand therefore the position of that part of the ,top 7 containing thebuttonhole 8, in relationtothat part of the band containing thebuttonhole 10.

' While anydesired formof button having a relatively small. shankconnecting a base and-a head either flexibly or rigidly may be employed,a preferred form of button is that vilhistratedin Figs. 3 and 4,comprising a metallic, celluloid or other' colloid back 12,

lease 13:preferablyi of metal, a shank 14 arts are assembled the but-f II '10 cross each other sub-" preferably formedas'a closed loo ,and' anoriiainental head 15 of mother-o -pearl or other desired substance,simulating, if desired, a sewed button, the loop 14: taking under a bail15 struck up from the back 13 and through holes 16 in the head 15.

The button head 15 in use is passed through the buttonhole 10. from therear and then through the buttonhole 8. When the button is in place theshank 14 is held by theoppositely disposed buttonholes at the-middle ofthe buttonhole 8 in the top tains the collar accurately in place, and assists the-band 1 to lie smoothly in engage- 7 and therefore so as tocause the top 15 to rest in the middle of the huttonhole 8 and concealthe greater portion thereof.

to register with the buttonholes 8, 10, at

both ends of the collar. The button-heads 15 are passed through thebuttonholes 10 and 8, the crossing relation of which mainment with theneckband of the shirt to which the collar is attached.

What we claim is: 1. A turn-over collar of the soft collar type,comprising a neckband and a top,

stifiening means in the hand near each end I adapted to determine thefold and. conseaaeaaaa quently the position of the top with respect toadjacent parts the band, said top and band respective y havinghuttonholes near each end adapted to be brought into registry when thetop is in position for use, the

hand buttonholes being so located with respect to the stiffening meansas to derive support therefrom.

2. A turn-over collar of the soft collar type, comprising a neckhand anda top, stifiening means in the hand near each end adapted to determinethe fold and. consequently the position of the top with respect toadjacent parts of the band, said top and band respectively'havinghuttonholes near' each "end. adapted to be brought into registry whenthe top is in position for use the hand buttonholes being worked throughthe" said stifiening means.

Signed by us at Troy, New York, this 25th day of August, 1916.

HUBBARD l H'URD. 'SHELDQN T. WRIGHT.

